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Letrozole: When will I start feeling/seeing side effects?
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I've been on Letrazole since February 2019. I developed hot flashes almost immediately. The joint/muscle pain began shortly after. One day it was so excruciating, I was in the bed all day. I'm fatigued most days. The pain is concentrated in my hips, legs and hands. Yoga, Mindfulness and Acupuncture help. Recently I have been experiencing nausea and diarrhea symptoms. Not sure they are related to the medication. I'm keeping track when something happens. It's been a journey. Ups and downs.
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I was on letrozole for over a year. Miserable. I switched to exemestane and it is much better. Last year I started feeling pretty crummy on it so I took a week off. It reset my body and went over 9 months with few symptoms. Just now getting a few back. My doc said a week off would be fine and if it made the drugs easier to live witb to do it once a year.
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I've just been on letrozole for 1 1/2 months. By any chance, have you tried taking the pills in the evening? I find I'll wake up in the middle of the night with some sweats, but go right back to sleep and if I don't then I ready my Nook books for a bit and then fall asleep. I'll have a few hot sweats in the day, but not bad. The aches and pains aren't great but not as bad as when I took anastrozole. I do take 5,000 units of vitamin D which has helped the joint pain...I started with 1,000 after first speaking with my oncologist and gradually moved it up. I do have some nausea and sometimes diarrhea, but the chemo touched off diverticulitis and anastrozole did as well but that's in control now. Am having Zometa infusion in a few weeks and have heard that helps with some bone pain. I hope you start feeling better soon.